Animalia
Taxa based training - Animalia
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Austria
Title: Systematics, biology and ecology of middle european limnetic copepods
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
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Language: german
Content: morphology, anatomy, physiology, ecology, biogreography, taxonomy, bibliography used in taxonomy, technics used for identification
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Santiago Gaviria-Melo
E-mail of contact person: santiago.gaviria@gmx.at
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Title: Chironomidae Identification courses (advanced level) on: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, aquatic Heteroptera, Trichoptera, Chironomidae, Tipuloidea, Simuliidae, aquatic Coleoptera
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Vienna in cooperation with: Natural History Museum Vienna, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Austrian Environmental Agency, University of Lüneburg
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German
Content: morphology, taxomomy, identification, conservation, preservation, collecting, rearing, biology, ecology, relevant literature
Target level: high school students, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Ao. Univ.Prof. Dr. Johann Waringer
Department of Freshwater Ecology, Althanstraße 14, A-1090
E-mail of contact person: johann.waringerq@univie.ac.at
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Title: Water beetles of
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
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Language: German
Content:
Target level: high school students, master level, PhD level, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Manfred Jäch
E-mail of contact person: manfred.jaech@nhm-wien.ac.at
URL:
Title: Wassermilben. Systematik und biologie - Water mites. Systematics and biology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German (English/Italian possible)
Content: genus and species discrimination, life cycle stages, parasitism, groundwater biology
Target level: amateur taxonomists, undergraduates, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Reinhard Gerecke
Free-lance researcher with teaching contract at the Zoological Institute,
E-mail of contact person: reinhard.gerecke@uni-tuebingen.de
URL:
Belgium
Title: Les abeilles (Apoidea) en Afrique tropicale et relations avec la flore
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content: bees Apoidea pollination declin
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: one time in the framework of a special occasion
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Pauly Alain
Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Département Entomologie, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Bruxelles,
E-mail of contact person: alain.pauly@brutele.be
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Title: Biology and identification of household pests
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Pest Control Training Association vzw
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch/French/English
Content: Identification of taxa (order, species)
Target level: specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 32 hrs
Main person responsible for the training: P. Grootaert
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000
E-mail of contact person: Patrick.Grootaert@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: General entomology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content: Taxas specially addressed in the courses are arthropods in human settlements, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Odonata, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, + divers subjects pending of timing
Target level: amateur taxonomists, high school students, undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: when at least two students are registered
Duration: Theory is 2.5 hrs a week for 6 weeks, and practice is 3 hrs a week for 5 weeks.
Main person responsible for the training: Michèle Loneux
E-mail of contact person: loneuxmichele@skynet.be
URL:
Title: (1) General systematics and molecular phylogeny (2) Identification of plant-parasitic nematodes
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
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Language: English
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: resp. 3 ECTS and 6 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: W. Decraemer
E-mail of contact person: Nic.Smol@Ugent.be
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Title: Postgraduate international nematology course
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
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Language: English
Content: The course is designed to give participants a thorough basis, practical skill and updated knowledge in all aspects of plant parasitic, insect parasitic, as well as free living soil and aquatic nematodes.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 year
Main person responsible for the training: Nic Smol (Nematology Course Coordinator), Prof. Dr. E. Geraert (Nematology Course Director)
E-mail of contact person: nic.smol@rug.ac.be, etienne.geraert@rug.ac.be
URL: http://www.pinc.ugent.be/
Title: African arachnids
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): African Biodiversity Information Centre (ABIC)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/French/Dutch
Content: arachnology, collecting, distance sampling, density
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: according to answers from a yearlycall
Duration: 3-4 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Rudy Jocqué
E-mail of contact person: jocque@africamuseum.be
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Title: Afrotropical Lepidoptera
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
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Language: English/French/Dutch
Content: Lepidoptera,
Target level: specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Dall'Asta, Ugo
E-mail of contact person: dallasta@africamuseum.be
URL:
Title: FishBase and fish taxonomy training
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: alternately English/French
Content: 3 main parts: lectures and exercices on the detailed use of FishBase, lectures covering different ichthyological subjects (taxonomy, feeding ecology, reproduction,...), case study of a taxonomic problem
Target level: master level, PhD level, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3 months
Main person responsible for the training: Jos Snoeks
E-mail of contact person: jos.snoeks@africamuseum.be; jos.snoeks@bio.kuleuven.be
URL: http://www.africamuseum.be/research/cooperation/research/cooperation/developcooperation/stages/stagegroup
Title: Morphology and systematics of the Chordata
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch (& partly in English)
Content: Introduction to systematics: examples, definitions, categories and methods of classification - Morphology and systematics of Fishes: classification of groups and general characters for each group - Systematics of the Tetrapoda
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 39 hrs in one semester
Main person responsible for the training: Jos Snoeks
E-mail of contact person: jos.snoeks@africamuseum.be; jos.snoeks@bio.kuleuven.be
URL: http://www.kuleuven.be/onderwijs/aanbod/syllabi/G0269AN.htm
Title: Systematics of fishes (part of course 'Biology of Aquatic Organisms')
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Gent -
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Catholic University Leuven, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology
Language: English
Content: Fish (teleosts), biology, systematics, cladistics, evolution, anatomy
Target level: master level, postgraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 4 days
Main person responsible for the training: Jos Snoeks (for the part 'Systematics of Fishes')
E-mail of contact person: jos.snoeks@africamuseum.be; jos.snoeks@bio.kuleuven.be
URL: http://www.aquaculture.ugent.be//et/et.htm
Title: Taxonomy and identification of the Rotifera
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Freshwater Laboratory
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/Dutch/(French)
Content: identification, taxonomy of Rotifera (per taxon), methods and practices in rotifer taxonomy, nomenclature (general)
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: one time in the framework of a special occasion and on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Hendrik Segers
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Freshwater Laboratory, Freshwater Laboratory, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Vautierstraat 29, B - 1000 Brussels Belgium, Belgium
E-mail of contact person: hendrik.segers@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: Taxonomy of Dolichopodidae (Insecta, Diptera)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Dept. of Entomology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
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Periodicity: on demand
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Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Marc Pollet
(i) Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology (IWT-Vlaanderen), (ii) Ghent University (UGent), Dept Biology, Research Group Terrestrial Ecology, (iii) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Dept Entomology (KBIN), (i) Bischoffsheimlaan 25, B-1000 Brussels (Belgium) (ii) K.L.Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent (Belgium) (iii) Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels (Belgium), Belgium
E-mail of contact person: patrick.grootaert@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: Taxonomy of free-living marine nematodes
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 month
Main person responsible for the training: W. Decraemer
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
E-mail of contact person: Yves.Samyn@naturalsciences.be
URL:
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Bulgaria
Title: Taxonomy, morphology, ecology and biogeography of Myriapoda (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) with emphasis on the orders Callipodida and Lithobiomorpha
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): National Museum of Natural History
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Bulgarian/English
Content:
Target level: master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 month
Main person responsible for the training: Pavel Stoev
National Museum of Natural History, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. 1 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail of contact person:
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Title: Taxonomical problems of spiders of Bulgaria and Balkan Peninsula (Araneae)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Inst. of Zoology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Bulgarian
Content: Arachnida: Araneae, Balkan Peninsula, Cave spiders
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates
Periodicity: organised for PhD students
Duration: 1 month
Main person responsible for the training: Christo Deltshev
Institute of Zoology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria, Bulgaria
E-mail of contact person: cdeltshev@zoology.bas.bg
URL:
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Denmark
Title: (1) Diversity of animals and plants (2) Botany of cultivated plants (3) Cultivated plants: diversity and phylogeny (4) Botany project (5) Herbarium
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Copagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Dept. of Ecology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish (may change to English)
Content: morphology, diversity, classification, characters, species recognition, collection
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: each course is 7.5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Conny B. Asmussen-Lange
University of Copagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Dept. of Ecology, Rolighedsvej 21 DK-1958 Frederiksberg C Denmark, Denmark
E-mail of contact person: con@kvl.dk
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Title: Systematic entomology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Natural History Museum of Denmark
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish
Content:
Target level: undergraduates
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Main person responsible for the training: Niels P. Kristensen
E-mail of contact person: npkristensen@snm.ku.dk
URL: http://www.zmuc.dk/EntoWeb/entomologi.htm
Title: Entomology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Copenhagen
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish/English (if just one non-Scandinavian student attends)
Content:Introduction & generalities about arthropods. What is systematic/evolutionary entomology about? An outline of arthropod structure and diversity. The tools of the trade. HEXAPODA, general morphology: integument & associated structures, head & thor. How the machinery of the hexapod body ticks: sensing, feeding and moving HEXAPODA, general morphology: abdomen and internal organ. How the machinery of the hexapod body ticks: fuelling and reproducing. SPRINGTAILS, SILVERFISH etc. (apterygote hexapods). Evolution of structural and life-history traits associated with being a ‘soil arthropod’. Pterygota, generalities; MAYFLIES (Ephemeroptera), DRAGONFLIES (Odonata). The development of wings and its far-reaching evolutionary consequences. Divergent habitat invasion of immatures and adults. Hexapods adapting to the aquatic environment. Fossil evidence on early evolution of winged insects ‘
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 7.5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Niels P. Kristensen
Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoology), Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
E-mail of contact person: npkristensen@snm.ku.dk
URL: http://www.zmuc.dk/EntoWeb/entomologi.htm
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Finland
Title: Insect taxonomy, especially Coleoptera. Insect pests in museums. Presentation of different insectgroups (orders, important smaller insect groups, species level).
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Zoological museum, University of Helsinki. Some training has been given in cooperation with other institutions.
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Besides own institution training has been provided in collaborative institutions.
Language: Finnish/Swedish/English
Content: Insects, Coleoptera, Museum pests, taxonomy, faunistics
Target level: general public, amateur taxonomists, high school students, undergraduates, master level, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: one time in the framework of a special occasion and on demand
Duration: 26, 13, 1-2 hrs depending on item
Main person responsible for the training: Olof Biström
Zoological museum, PB 26 (Teollisuuskatu 23) FI-00014 University of Helsinki Finland, Finland
E-mail of contact person: olof.bistrom@helsinki.fi
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France
Title: (1) Biodiversité et zoologie marines (BioZoom) (UE 406) (2) Stage interuniversitaire d'écologie et de zoologie marine (SIZEM= UE 406+412)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie (Paris 6)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Station Biologique de Roscoff
Language: French
Content: biology and ecology of the species
Target level: master level, specialists / professionals, for any workers that need this knowledge
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: (1) 2 weeks, 60 ECTS (Biozoom); (2) 4 weeks, 120 ECTS (SIZEM)
Main person responsible for the training: Ann Andersen (BioZoom), Franck Gentil (SIZEM)
Observatoire Oceanologique de l'Universite Paris 6, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Station Biologique de Roscoff Place Georges Teissier BP 74 F 29682 ROSCOFF-CEDEX, France
E-mail of contact person: andersen@sb-roscoff.fr
URL: http://www.sb-roscoff.fr
Title: Acarological cursus
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Société des Acarologues de Langue Française (SIALF), Paris
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Variable (e.g. University of Louvain-la-Neuve [Belgium], University of Rennes [France], etc.) Note: last cursus organised in Rennes in September 1966
Language: French (sometimes English)
Content: morphology, (micro)evolution, ecology, applied aspects (e.g. mites of economic importance)
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand, usually every two years
Duration: usually 2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Variable according to the place (e.g. Prof. J Deunff, University of Rennes, current president of SIALF)
E-mail of contact person: jean.deunff@univ-rennes1.fr
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Germany
Title: Einführung in die spinnenbestimmung - Introduction to the spider determination
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): AraDet, Office of arachnological determination
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Naturschutzgebiet Heiliges Meer, Naturschutzgebiet Rieselfelder Münster
Language: German
Content:
Target level: general public, amateur taxonomists, high school students, undergraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1-4 days
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Martin Kreuels
AraDet, Office of arachnological determination, Alexander-Hammer-Weg 9 48161 D-Muenster, Germany
E-mail of contact person: kreuels@bionetworx.de
URL: http://www.aradet.de
Title: Chironomid larvae and pupal exuviae. Identification and ecology.
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): OrendtHydrobiologie, WaterBioAssessment
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: inviting institution
Language: English/German
Content: taxonomy, morphology, identification and identification techniques, taxonomic forms, first steps
Target level: amateur taxonomists, high school students, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 3-5 days
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Claus Orendt
OrendtHydrobiologie WaterBioAssessment, Arndtstraße 63 HHS 04275 Leipzig, Germany
E-mail of contact person: orendt@hydro-bio.de
URL:
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Greece
Title: Investigation of the taxonomy, zoogeography and phylogeny of the circum-Mediterranean fresh water shrimps of the genera Atyaephyra, Caridina and Dugastella
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Greek
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Italy
Title: Courses on the taxonomic identification of terrestrial invertebrates
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara, Stazione di Ecologia
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Stazione di Ecologia, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara
Language: Italian
Content: general systematic background, anatomy and external morphology of each group of invertebrates, main diagnostic features, collecting, mounting and preparing tecniques, observation at the steromicroscope
Target level: amateur taxonomists, undergraduates, master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: every two-three years
Duration: 40 hrs, 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Carla Corazza
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara, Stazione di Ecologia, Via De Pisis, 24, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
E-mail of contact person: c.corazza@comune.fe.it
URL: http://www.comune.fe.it/storianaturale
Title: The orthopteroid insects
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Not a fixed training but on demand by University, museums, public institutions
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Italian/spanish
Content: orthopteroid insects, ecology, biology, ethology, bioacoustics, collection, preservation, identification, conservations
Target level: amateur taxonomists, PhD level, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 20 hrs
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Paolo Fontana
Entomologist Università di Padova Dipartimento Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali - Entomologia, AGRIPOLIS, Viale dell'Università, 16 35020 Legnaro (Padova) ITALY, Italy
E-mail of contact person: paolo.fontana@unipd.it
URL:
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Lithuania
Title: Taxonomy of Pemphredoninae wasps
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Vilnius University, Inst. of Ecology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/Russian/Lithuanian
Content: taxonomy, identification, Pemphredoninae
Target level: specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 day
Main person responsible for the training: E. Budrys
Vilnius University, Institute of Ecology, Akademijos 2, Vilnius LT-08412, Lithuania
E-mail of contact person: ebudrys@ekoi.lt
URL:
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Netherlands
Title: Excursie marien-litoraal
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: Field trip of one week to a station in the North of France. Focus on the mutual relations of plants and animals and their abiotic environment.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 week (2 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. R. Kooi
E-mail of contact person: r.e.kooi@biology.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=1250&c=17&t=3&v=&k=13051&oc=982&garb=0.18169745330233727
Title: Entomology course at Leiden University
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Nationaal Nutuurhsitorisch Museum Naturalis & Leiden University
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Leiden University
Language: English/Dutch
Content: taxonomy, evolution of some main groups, phylogeny, collecting, preparation, making descriptions and illustrations (including digital ones)
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Jan van Tol
E-mail of contact person: tol@naturalis.nnm.nl
URL:
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Norway
Title: Workshop: training in fish taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Norwegian
Content: identification of freshly thawed material from IMR-based Fish Reference Collection, collected material from cruises (simulation of fish work on IMR cruises), identification key testing and preparation, special fish groups difficult to identify
Target level: specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3 days +
Main person responsible for the training: Franz Uiblein
Institute of Marine Research, Norway
E-mail of contact person: franz@imr.no
URL:
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Not established but previously in Estonia
Title: Identification of freshwater Oligochaeta
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Not established, ready to lead the training when organised by somebody anywhere
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Not established this moment. Formerly, has been organised and held by the Swedish Agricultural University (Uppsala, Sweden), BioConsult (Aarhus, Denmark), Moscow University (Russia)
Language: English/Russian/Estonian/German
Content: freshwater Oligochaeta
Target level: master level, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Tarmo Timm
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Limnology, 61117 Rannu, Tartumaa, Estonia
E-mail of contact person:
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Slovakia
Title: (1) Zoology of Invertebrates (2) Zoology of Vertebrates
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Zoology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Slovak
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Periodicity: yearly
Duration:
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Eduard Stloukal, Prof. Krolína Sobeková
E-mail of contact person: stloukal@fns.uniba.sk, sobekova@fns.uniba.sk
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Title: Animal taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Zoology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Slovak
Content:
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration:
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Eduard Stloukal, Prof. Krolína Sobeková
E-mail of contact person: stloukal@fns.uniba.sk, sobekova@fns.uniba.sk
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Title: (1) Zoology I (2) Zoology II (3) Training in field
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Slovak
Content:
Target level: undergraduate
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: each 1 term
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Igor Hudec
E-mail of contact person:
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Title: (1) Systematics and ecology of invertebrates (2) Systematics and ecology of vertebrates
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Biology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Slovak
Content:
Target level: undergraduate
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: each 1 term
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Zuzana Zupková
E-mail of contact person:
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Title: (1) Zoology (2) Systematics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Fakulta prírodných vied, Katedra zoólogie a antropológie
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
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Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Mária Vondráková
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
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Spain
Title: IBERFAUNA. El banco de datos de la fauna Ibérica - The Iberian fauna databank.
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Spanish
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E-mail of contact person:
URL: http://iberfauna.mncn.csic.es
Title: Field identification of Mediterranean decapod crustaceans on board fishery research vessels
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Sometimes training is provided on board vessels belonging to the Instituto Español de Oceanografía
Language: Spanish/Catalan
Content:
Target level: postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: provided to scientific participants in fishery research surveys
Duration:
Main person responsible for the training: Pere Abelló
Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Passeig Marítim 37-49 08003 Barcelona Catalunya - Spain, Spain
E-mail of contact person: pabello@icm.csic.es
URL:
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Sweden
Title: Biology and evolution of insects
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Uppsala University, Biology Education Centre
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Swedish/English
Content: systematics, morphology
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 15 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Marita Wigren
E-mail of contact person: Marita.Wigren@uadm.uu.se
URL: http://www.inter.uadm.uu.se/pdf/Courses_Taught_in_English_2006-2007.pdf
United Kingdom
Title: Intensive course in vector biology and identification
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Natural History Museum, London
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: This short course covers the fundamentals of vector biology & identification for entomologists, parasitologists and epidemiologists.
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level, technicians
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 6 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Clive Davies, Dr. Mary Cameron
E-mail of contact person: clive.davies@lshtm.ac.uk, mary.cameron@lshtm.ac.uk
URL: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/sicvbi.html
Title: Identification qualification
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Natural History Museum, London
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: The IdQ scheme aims to improve standards in environmental monitoring, impact assessment and conservation work by awarding certificates in competence in animal and plant identification to biologists and ecologists.
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: pending on suitable number of candidates
Duration:
Main person responsible for the training: The Research and Consulting Office
E-mail of contact person: idq@nhm.ac.uk
URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/postgraduate/idq/index.html
Title: Taxonomy and biology of parasitic Hymenoptera
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Natural History Museum, London
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: The course is designed to give participants a broad overview of the parasitic Hymenoptera and a practical understanding of their biology and systematics, as well as to provide an authoritative instruction in the handling and identification of the groups of parasitic Hymenoptera.
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Mike Fitton
E-mail of contact person:
URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/hymcours/index.html
Title: Biological identification courses of various freshwater organisms
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Freshwater Biological Association
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: general public, amateur taxonomists, high school students, undergraduates, master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, Biological recorders and naturalists
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: variable depending on the course
Main person responsible for the training: variable depending on the course
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
Title: Marine nematode taxonomy, identification and ecology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: nematode sample collection, processing, morphology, taxonomy, databases, electronic identification keys, virtual taxonomy
Target level: specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Melanie Austen
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place West Hoe Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK
E-mail of contact person: mcva@pml.ac.uk
URL:
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